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Grace Fala
Grace Fala

Professor of Communication

Grace Fala's grandfather, an Italian immigrant from the Abruzzi region, worked as a lamplighter in the streets of Philadelphia, helping people find their way through a place that could be warm, cold, welcoming, alienating and adventurous all in one.

Emil Nagengast
Emil Nagengast

Professor of Politics

The Nagengast kids were named Bill, Steve, Bernie, Don, Chris, Beth and... Emil. Perhaps it was foreordained that the youngest member of the family would grow up with a fascination for all things European and German.

John Matter
John Matter

Associate Professor of Biology

When your childhood backyard is 125 acres of Missouri woods intersected by streams, meadows, and bordered by a river, it might be pre-ordained that you would grow up to be a biologist. After all, wandering through wildlife habitat can become habit-forming.

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